Supply chains today are being challenged in ways many have never experienced. The system has already been struggling due to the ongoing three-year Covid-19 pandemic, consequently causing China’s lockdowns, massive port congestion and longer lead times for material and finished goods that originate from China. The problems are further augmented by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
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According to the Freight Waves most recent article, over the last week (week of 09/05/21), Larry became the third major hurricane of this year’s Atlantic season, forcing container ship captains to steer clear as the storm passed the island of Bermuda this week, headed towards eastern Canada. How can you proactively plan for and manage supply…
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Leading in-transit visibility provider Tive and TransVoyant, the leader in global supply chain data fusion, business analytics and actionable intelligence, announced a partnership to deliver live supply chain situational awareness to the Open Visibility Network (OVN) to improve actionable, complete, and intelligent visibility and business insights. Most visibility journeys start by focusing on a single segment of supply…
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Fight Back Against Chargebacks – How suppliers can improve service and avoid chargebacks Chargebacks (aka deductions) occur when a retailer is prevented from receiving and processing an inbound order from a supplier according to plan (aka the service level agreement between them and their supplier). When this occurs, the retailer will pay the supplier less…
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And how long before I get my stuff?! If we were to pick a key outcome for Supply Chain Executives, it would be for them to always know exactly where their shipments were at any moment. E-commerce is continuing to change the landscape for supply chain and logistics. The need to manage demand fluctuations, volume…
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